The book of the English historian and political scientist David Green "Return to civil society" is devoted to one of the most controversial problems of liberal theory - the functioning of the social security system without the participation of the state. A detailed look at the history of English mutual aid societies, Greene argues, that the welfare state is far less effective in meeting its social obligations, The Competitive Social Security System , existing in the 19th century within the framework of "civil capitalism" , which combined economic freedoms with individual responsibility and civic engagement. Translated by Maxim Korobochkin